Write your own poetry!

Fill-in-the blank poetry gives reluctant poets confidence because they are able to supply words to make "real" poems. Although it encourages students to conform to set patterns and rhyme schemes (which is definitely not a characteristic of lots of great poems), it helps them to dive into writing poetry and gives them the courage to be more creative the next time they attempt a poem.

A visual thesaurus shows a word map of the word you are trying to find synonyms for. The linked one is cool because of the graphics when you choose to look up a related word.

This Web site will help you rhyme (almost) any word!